<\/a>Eating an orange is much better for one\u2019s health than simply taking vitamin C pills.
\nFood scientists have identified why eating an orange is much better for you than simply popping vitamin C and other pills.
\nIts unique mix of antioxidants work much more effectively together than they do separately, found researchers at Brigham Young University in\u00a0Utah.
\nAntioxidants slow ageing of cells, protect against cancer and\u00a0could help ward off heart disease, although the evidence for the last is contested.
\nTory Parker, assistant professor of nutrition, dietetics and food science, said: “There’s something about an orange that’s better than taking a vitamin C capsule, and that’s really what we’re trying to figure out.
\n“We think it’s the particular mixture of antioxidants in an orange that makes it so good for you.”
\nHe and colleagues examined whether “phenolic compounds” found in oranges – biochemicals that are known to have antioxidant and antimicrobial qualities – worked in “synergy”.
\nThese compounds are used by plants to protect themselves from decay and biological attack.
\nThe team concluded their theory was “true”.
\nProf Parker said: “Fruit should be your dessert \u2013 remember, before cookies, candy and other sugary snacks became so widespread, fruit was our ‘sweet.’ ”
\nThe research has been published in the Journal of Food Science.<\/p>\n

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